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Edited by Martin D. Abeloff, James O. Armitage, Allen S. Lichter, and John E. Niederhuber. 2350 pp., illustrated. new York, Churchill Livingstone, 1995. $199. ISBN 0-443-08941-8.

At 2350 pages, this book is in every sense substantial. It attempts to address the interests and needs of students, general physicians, and cancer specialists in all disciplines. Meeting this goal is a formidable challenge, since it requires the presentation of both fundamental scientific material and clinical applications. The authors have been generally successful in achieving their aim.

The book has four sections, the first of which summarizes aspects of basic cancer biology and genetics concisely (in about 350 pages) and in a comprehensible manner. Nevertheless, no one textbook can fully present the vast, diverse, and dynamic body of information . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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